Sentence examples for almost helpless from inspiring English sources

But they were now almost helpless.

"It was almost helpless," Barber said.

He stands there a moment and is almost helpless.

In the face of such formations, lance-carrying cavalry operating on its own was almost helpless.

In the chaotic aftermath, officials said, the crowds rendered rescuers almost helpless to treat the wounded.

They were considered almost helpless when on foot but invincible when mounted.

Sea snakes are almost totally helpless on land, locomoting only with the utmost difficulty.

He was almost completely helpless and his problem was not pain but a loss of dignity, and there is no effective palliative care for that.

The official left it in the hands of the VAR, which is not the protocol issued by Uefa for such clearly contentious incidents and almost appeared helpless as the clock ticked.

As Tietjens demonstrates, a virtuous person in society is almost as helpless and ill used as the soldier who is forced to risk his life following senseless orders, a sitting duck under enemy fire and the shortsightedness and self-advancement of politicians, bureaucrats and generals.

Either way, their financial disempowerment leaves them almost as helpless as the mother in Africa who must watch while her daughter's well-being is compromised.